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December 19, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and minister for petroleum Shahid Khaqan Abbasi told a private news channel on Friday that despite increasing gas demand in winter, the PTI government did not float tenders, and inflicted Rs17 billion losses on the country through purchase of 12 cargo ships. He said if electricity would be produced through diesel, it would cost the country dearly. He said had the government issued tenders on time, it would have been able to purchase cheap LNG. He said the world was requesting Pakistan to purchase gas for only 4 dollars, but the government did not move. But later bought it at three to four times more price, he added. He was happy that the incumbent government had admitted the fact that the country needed the liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Top Story
December 19, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and minister for petroleum Shahid Khaqan Abbasi told a private news channel on Friday that despite increasing gas demand in winter, the PTI government did not float tenders, and inflicted Rs17 billion losses on the country through purchase of 12 cargo ships. He said if electricity would be produced through diesel, it would cost the country dearly. He said had the government issued tenders on time, it would have been able to purchase cheap LNG. He said the world was requesting Pakistan to purchase gas for only 4 dollars, but the government did not move. But later bought it at three to four times more price, he added.
Top Story
December 19, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and minister for petroleum Shahid Khaqan Abbasi told a private news channel on Friday that despite increasing gas demand in winter, the PTI government did not float tenders, and inflicted Rs17 billion losses on the country through purchase of 12 cargo ships. He said if electricity would be produced through diesel, it would cost the country dearly. He said had the government issued tenders on time, it would have been able to purchase cheap LNG. He said the world was requesting Pakistan to purchase gas for only 4 dollars, but the government did not move. But later bought it at three to four times more price, he added.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Nadeem Babar trade barbs over LNG purchase
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Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Nadeem Babar trade barbs over LNG purchase
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Dunya News program Dunya Kamran Khan Kay Saath held a grand debate between Special Assistant to PM Nadeem Babar and PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on the issue of LNG purchase. Both leaders stuck to their guns with the SAPM claiming that the government bought LNG at the cheapest possible rates while the former PM accused him of causing billions worth of loss to the exchequer.
Speaking in the program, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that he was happy that the government had finally recognized the importance of LNG. It is the responsibility of the government to purchase gas and add it to the system.